Arthur Beebe Chapin

Background

Chapin, Arthur Beebe was born on November 17, 1868 in Chicopee, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Judge Edward W. and Mary Lavinia (Beebe) Chapin.

Education

Graduate Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, 1887. Bachelor of Arts, Amherst, 1891.

Career

Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1896. In practice with father at Holyoke, Massachusetts, 1897-1904. City solicitor, Holyoke, 1896.

Mayor of Holyoke, 1899-1904.

Treasurer Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1905-1909. Bank commissioner, Massachusetts, 1909-1912.

Vice president, later president American Trust Company, Boston, 1912-1929. General manager New York office of Whiting Paper Company, 1929-1931.

Treasurer Railroad Credit Corporation, Washington, District of Columbia, 1932-1937.

Now president Farr Alpaca Company (in receivership). Director Holyoke & Westfield Railroad, Assistant treasurer, later treasurer, Andover Theological Seminary, 1910-1932. Chairman Holyoke Committee of British War Relief Society Delaware to Republican National Convention, 1924.

Former member Massachusetts Board Tax Appeals.

Member of commander to revise tax laws of Massachusetts.

Achievements

• Arthur Beebe Chapin has been listed as a reputable trust company executive, lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Sons of the American Revolution (former treasurer Massachusetts chapter), South.R. Mason (Knight of the Order of the Thistle). Club: University (Boston).

Connections

Married Tirzah L. Sherwood, November 25, 1896 (died December 22, 1901). Married second, Marion South. Murlless, December 18, 1907.

Father:

Judge Edward West. Chapin

Mother:

Mary Lavinia (Beebe) Chapin

Spouse:

Marion South. Murlless

Spouse:

Tirzah L. Sherwood